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LNKjoe
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Local elections, politics, & news from Lincoln, Nebraska. Snow day archivist. Team year-round DST. Pro-bike lanes & roundabouts. Occasional Big Brother, Amazing Race, and music fan posts.

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LNKjoe @lnkjoe.bsky.social · Jan 31
Walked to work today and for JUST a second in the pre-dawn twilight I thought I saw a bear
A large, fluffy gray raccoon
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Violent right wing domestic terrorism in Fremont.
journalstar.com/news/state-r...
A student was struck by a vehicle during a student-led anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest outside Fremont High School on Thursday afternoon. A Fremont Tribune reporter observed the vehicle, a red SUV with a Trump flag flying from the backseat window, driving back and forth multiple times prior to striking the student, revving its engine and speeding along North Lincoln Avenue in front of the school. Just prior to the incident, which was captured on video, the vehicle had stopped near the curb in front of a group of students and the driver had gotten out. When the driver returned to the vehicle, he started to pull out into the street and hit a student with the front-passenger-side of the vehicle.
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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5 of the 6 letters to the editor today in the Journal Star were critical of Pillen's slur usage.
Letters to the Editor of the Lincoln Journal Star, 1/28/26
January 28, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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If he cannot just go away, we love to see a circular firing squad
January 28, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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None of this response from Ricketts (1st screenshot) has anything to do with my comments about ICE's domestic terror campaign and government funding (2nd screenshot).
An off topic response from Pete Ricketts' office: "Recently, the Senate passed a budget resolution that provides a framework to fund President Trump’s border priorities. My Senate colleagues and I also passed the Laken Riley Act, which included Sarah’s Law. Sarah Root was killed in 2016 by an illegal immigrant who was drunk driving, just after she graduated from Bellevue University. Due to a legal loophole, Sarah’s killer posted bail and was released from jail. This law will close that loophole and strengthen immigration enforcement. Taryn Lee Griffith was a 24-year-old single mom who died in Nebraska from a fentanyl overdose. She was out with friends and took a pill she thought was Percocet. It was laced with fentanyl, and that’s what killed her. Now her two daughters are going to have to learn about their mom through pictures and stories from family. Fentanyl is a scourge on this country. To address this, we passed the HALT Fentanyl Act, which will lead to harsher sentences for fentanyl traffickers. These protections are now the law of the land." My recent comments for Senators Ricketts & Fischer: "President Trump's ICE has failed the legitimacy test. The experiment of pumping funding into this rogue agency with minimal oversight and minimal training for ICE agents has been a catastrophic failure. Each day that ICE terrorizes and kills American citizens, the crisis of federal government legitimacy expands. Trump has lost the consent of the governed, and his surrogates have betrayed the American people. I urge Senator Ricketts to vote against funding for ICE. ICE must be prohibited from deploying excessive force and explicitly banned from raiding places of worship, hospitals, and schools."
January 28, 2026 at 3:50 PM
lnkjoe.bsky.social
Occasional reminder that this guy faces a civil trial set for this July for hitting a child on her bicycle with his personal vehicle.
journalstar.com/news/local/c...
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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"With help from another community member"

lol every minnesotan, including recent immigrants, knows how to jump a car by themselves. we get through the winters together.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d
ICE is so pathetically desperate for some good PR that they’re tweeting about helping someone jump a car in the cold weather
ICE: On January 22, during record-breaking cold temperatures in Shakopee, MN, ICE officers pulled into a local parking lot and noticed a man experiencing car trouble. After discovering that his vehicle had a dead battery, the officers quickly offered their assistance. Using jumper cables from their own vehicle and with help from another community member, they successfully jump-started the car — ensuring he could safely continue on his way.
January 27, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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It's time for a #Nebrasketball -style second-half comeback and butt-whooping! Let's go #TeamSnow! #LNK
kendewey.bsky.social Ken Dewey @kendewey.bsky.social · 3d
"Snow Bowl 2026". 2 teams "Snow Lovers" vs "Snow Haters". Of the 2459 days with snowfall in Lincoln, 1897-2025, 1/2 of the snows occurred before/after Jan. 26. It's "Half Time" today. The Snow Haters are ahead but we still have the other 1/2 of our snow season lincolnweather.unl.edu/lincoln-ne-s...
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
lnkjoe.bsky.social
Pattern of behavior.
These clowns still do not take any of this seriously and should be held in contempt of court.
#neleg

journalstar.com/news/state-r...
A former state senator who resigned earlier this month amid calls by fellow lawmakers to expel him from the Nebraska Legislature over an incident at an end-of-the-session party has been set for a trial to a judge in March on a related disturbing the peace charge. Former Sen. Dan McKeon arrived late for the 11 a.m. hearing with his attorney, Perry Pirsch, who first attempted to appear via the court's video-conferencing feed. Since Pirsch had made no such request, Lancaster County Court Judge Matt Acton told him to get to the courthouse, where roughly 15 minutes later the attorney asked that the case be set for trial.
January 26, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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I'm not going to ask if you're doomscrolling. Everything is hard right now. But you still need to eat some food, drink a glass of water, as well as time to rest and recover.

Try not to stay up too late tonight. Sleep deprivation will make everything you need to do harder, including helping others.
January 25, 2026 at 4:46 AM
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Congress must:
➡️ Refuse to provide one more dollar to ICE and CBP through the appropriations process; and
➡️ Immediately take action to revoke the tens of billions already given through last summer’s reconciliation bill.
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 AM
lnkjoe.bsky.social
So brave 🙄
4nsmiley.bsky.social Juan Salinas II @4nsmiley.bsky.social · 6d
Some Omaha-based lawmakers brought up the governor's tele-town hall from earlier this week on the floor today.

From his presser, Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he has thoughts on it but said, “I think I'll just keep it to myself.”
January 23, 2026 at 8:05 PM
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grovewalker.bsky.social
reminder that this is the right-wing dickhead who makes money when you stop at the rabbit hole bakery for dessert
January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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catworkers.bsky.social
Me on my day off:
A small ginger cat wrapped up in white bedcovers.
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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meganhunt.bsky.social
What’s remarkable is that we seem to shell out tax dollars for everything under the sun—ICE detention facilities, subsidies for multimillion dollar corporations, scholarships for Catholic schools—until it’s time to actually help a regular person who is suffering.
January 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
lnkjoe.bsky.social
Although the MLK weekend streak didn't continue this year, in the last decade there's been at least 1 snow day within a week of MLK Jr. Day
a woman is talking on a cell phone and says nine times ?
ALT: a woman is talking on a cell phone and says nine times ?
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January 23, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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My literally freezing cold take about ones who bemoan any weather-related closures with stale "back in my day" tales is that they should be told to STFU
January 22, 2026 at 5:28 PM
lnkjoe.bsky.social
Senator Dungan making some great points this morning about the moral imperative of LB400 #neleg

nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/10...
nebraskalegislature.gov
January 22, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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The timing of this release with a possible snow day Friday is 👨‍🍳💋
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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journalstar.com/news/state-r...
In a social media post Tuesday night, Omaha Sen. Megan Hunt said it was "horrible to see" Pillen use a term disability advocates have spent decades pushing back against. "Disability advocates have spent decades pushing this hurtful language out of public life," Hunt said. "Horrible to see @TeamPillen has deliberately introduced this slur into his vocabulary. Disabled Nebraskans deserve leadership that takes their dignity seriously." In a statement to the Journal Star, Disability Rights Nebraska echoed this sentiment, calling the term "outdated and cruel" for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
January 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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chrisdunker.bsky.social Chris Dunker @chrisdunker.bsky.social · 8d
More context about Gov. Jim Pillen's comments last night from Nebraska Public Media's Jackie Ourada: nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
Pillen also spent several instances during the telephone town hall taking jabs at people who criticize him, repeatedly using the term “libtard,” which is often seen as a disparaging description of someone who has left-leaning political views. “Nebraskans are about faith, family and hard work. We’re about the American dream. I will tell you that if you sit and listen to the 10 keyboard warriors that are the libtards, if you listen to that, you would think the sky is falling down,” Pillen said. Later in the call, Pillen used the term again when talking about how serving as Nebraska’s governor is an “incredible privilege.” “I love the people in Nebraska, and you know, I don’t really give a damn what those libtards and these people want to criticize. Quite honestly, the more they criticize me and our team and my family… We’re doing great work. I’m only your governor by the strength of prayers.” And in a third instance of using the term, Pillen mentioned demonstrators who had gathered at one of his in-person talks who voiced their opposition to the governor. “We had some demonstrators in one of our places today that wear the red things – whatever. The libtards have lost their brains.”
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Former Nebraska lawmaker Lynne Walz announced she running for Governor as a democrat.
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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lol
Multiple local news banners read, BREAKING: Buc-ees shares plans to open first location in Nebraska "STANDBY FOR LIVE EVENT"
January 21, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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I ain't reading all that I'm happy for you though Or sorry that happened
January 20, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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history.nebraska.gov/martin-luthe...
Martin Luther King Jr. Visit to Lincoln - Nebraska State Historical Society
On December 30th, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. visited Lincoln and spoke at the Methodist Student Movement Conference at Pershing Auditorium. Approximately 5,000 people were in attendance to hear King...
history.nebraska.gov
January 19, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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Margaret & Krusty
Clowns meme
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM